Games Inbox: What can Xbox learn from Nintendo?

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Games Inbox: What can Xbox learn from Nintendo?
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The Thursday letters page has no sympathy for Xbox boss Phil Spencer, as one reader celebrates Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ reviews.

Should Xbox be learning from Nintendo? To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk Greed with limitsIf there’s one good thing that’s come out of all this Microsoft madness, it’s that I have a newfound respect for Nintendo and the Japanese games industry. They’re all still run by greedy, callous businessmen but at least they seem to have some concept of restraint and long-term planning.

I wouldn’t even say Obsidian was safe – although they’ll probably be told to become a Fallout factory once Avowed is out, and doesn’t do very well. The problem for Microsoft is that it has no patience. It always thinks it’s found the shortcut to success, with Game Pass being the latest failed gimmick. If it had just sat back and built up its first party studios from the start they’d be in full bloom by now.

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